On indirectly bringing Urawa/Greg into the AU

[waterfell]

He was speaking seriously. That boy would rather die than live like this.

And yet, even with his form already changed, he'd try to protect someone. His fate might not change, but somehow, I don't want to see him give up.

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[waterfell]

Whether you hate your dream or whether you don't want to let it go, you wake up.

[faithfulflame]

You can always remember it, and strive to make it a reality.

[waterfell]

I don't need dreams to tell me what to do.

[faithfulflame]

No, but you should listen to them.

[waterfell]

They're fickle. They can't be relied on.

[She's not sure if she's been told that, if she believes it, or if she wants Mars to argue it.]

[faithfulflame]

They can be if you have the heart to reach for them.

[waterfell]

You should have tried to grow out of that nonsense by now.

[faithfulflame]

[Rei's Charter Mark gleams, and she holds one hand close to her chest, ready to fling a spell if things got worse. This wasn't the Mercury she knew. She'd never say something like that.]

Ami-chan, it isn't nonsense. Its the truth. And if you don't believe that, then you're no better than Queen Beryl.

[waterfell]

[No. She's not Beryl.]

Don't compare me to her. [Mercury never had - or learned - respect for Beryl.]

[faithfulflame]

Then stop talking like her.

[Rei glares, her expression tense. The utter lack of compassion in Mercury was unnerving]

[waterfell]

[Beryl, in fact, is strikingly like the sailor senshi: failing utterly to value the people fighting and risking everything for them.]

I'm speaking like myself.

[faithfulflame]

Then you're a grave disappointment. I thought you were a better person than that.

[waterfell]

[She never was; or at least, she never thought of herself as one.]

What do you call 'a good person'?

[faithfulflame]

You were.

[Cold, short, to the point]

[waterfell]

[Not in her heart. She knows that better than anyone.

She's embraced it.]

Back then, that was a lie. Now, I'd rather show my true self.

[faithfulflame]

I don't believe that thing you're pretending to be is your true self. Everyone has darkness, the Dark Kingdom must have amplified it somehow.

[waterfell]

[Changing the subject now. :|]

Sailor Mars. You said this boy should be saved.

How would you try to save him? ['Sailor Moon' is not a viable answer this time.]

[faithfulflame]

Find him. Purify him myself with the Charter, or take him to another trustworthy person, like Usagi-chan.

[waterfell]

Your spiritual powers.

[But she knows even before she asks. It was the trump card the sailor senshi had in Usagi: the only one with the ability to separate a human from a youma.]

[faithfulflame]

More than my powers. I can bind the Youma without them now. And separate them. I've grown much stronger.

[waterfell]

A ritual magic?

[faithfulflame]

Sorcery from another world.

[waterfell]

Wasn't it you who taunted me with being unable to use that anyway?

[faithfulflame]

You asked me how I would save him. I told you.

Take me to the boy. I'm offering to help.

[waterfell]

[How far does pride go?

Or can she tell herself it's using a sailor senshi like they used her?]

You'd have to be able to enter a dream.